1.5
160
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1908–2026
record span
2.12
mean magnitude
4
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 06.05.1976 20:00 | 13.4 km | 61 km |
| 6.1 | 17.06.1976 14:28 | 24 km | 98 km |
| 5.6 | 12.04.1998 10:55 | 24.5 km | 44 km |
| 5.3 | 10.07.1908 02:13 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 5.3 | 19.05.1963 10:00 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 5.3 | 15.05.1976 04:26 | 33 km | 65 km |
| 5.2 | 12.07.2004 13:04 | 9.5 km | 37 km |
| 5.1 | 09.05.1976 00:53 | 9.4 km | 63 km |
| 5.0 | 19.03.1958 16:04 | 15 km | 52 km |
| 5.0 | 02.05.1959 06:36 | — | 11 km |
| 4.8 | 15.09.1976 22:35 | 33 km | 28 km |
| 4.7 | 11.11.1990 22:16 | 22.3 km | 34 km |
| 4.6 | 16.07.1977 13:13 | 6 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 06.05.1998 02:53 | 8.4 km | 34 km |
| 4.3 | 30.09.2002 02:48 | 5 km | 26 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 19.07.2026 18:07 | 9.2 km | 12 km |
| 1.4 | 10.03.2026 10:17 | 0 km | 14 km |
| 1.1 | 07.03.2026 14:35 | 12 km | 11 km |
| 1.2 | 06.01.2026 06:41 | 8 km | 17 km |
| 0.9 | 06.01.2026 06:06 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 1.5 | 06.12.2025 02:51 | 9.6 km | 15 km |
| 0.6 | 31.10.2025 20:38 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 2.7 | 11.09.2025 01:16 | 12 km | 18 km |
| 1.4 | 09.07.2025 02:55 | 0 km | 22 km |
| 2.0 | 07.06.2025 15:46 | 3.4 km | 20 km |
| 2.1 | 17.03.2025 03:41 | 14 km | 19 km |
| 4.1 | 09.12.2024 02:37 | 13.3 km | 35 km |
| 1.9 | 24.01.2024 06:20 | 1.4 km | 21 km |
| 1.6 | 21.01.2024 10:16 | 12.6 km | 19 km |
| 1.3 | 28.12.2023 08:30 | 1 km | 18 km |
| 1.1 | 05.10.2023 19:11 | 8 km | 19 km |
| 2.1 | 20.08.2023 04:48 | 8.8 km | 17 km |
| 1.6 | 19.07.2022 11:37 | 0 km | 17 km |
| 2.4 | 11.05.2022 11:03 | 10 km | 13 km |
| 1.7 | 23.03.2022 07:47 | 12 km | 12 km |
| 1.5 | 24.01.2022 00:15 | 1 km | 14 km |
| 2.1 | 31.10.2021 01:04 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 1.2 | 24.09.2021 22:02 | 1 km | 17 km |
| 1.6 | 25.08.2021 07:46 | 17 km | 22 km |
| 2.8 | 10.04.2021 05:55 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 0.8 | 02.05.2020 11:24 | 20 km | 16 km |
| 2.0 | 30.03.2020 07:10 | 8 km | 21 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2017 19:14 | 9 km | 21 km |
| 1.8 | 20.09.2013 07:31 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 2.4 | 25.12.2012 13:10 | 2 km | 16 km |
| 2.6 | 28.11.2011 01:27 | 2 km | 3 km |
| 1.3 | 27.11.2011 07:12 | 10 km | 18 km |
| 0.7 | 11.11.2011 12:50 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 2.1 | 05.11.2011 13:23 | 15 km | 11 km |
| 2.0 | 31.10.2011 02:46 | 2 km | 13 km |
| 0.4 | 24.10.2011 12:37 | 0 km | 21 km |
| 0.2 | 07.10.2011 17:59 | 5 km | 20 km |
| 0.3 | 01.09.2011 19:04 | 0 km | 13 km |
| 3.0 | 05.08.2011 20:10 | 2 km | 12 km |
| 1.7 | 11.07.2011 02:56 | 10 km | 16 km |
| 1.3 | 28.05.2011 17:08 | 12 km | 22 km |
| 1.4 | 06.03.2011 23:59 | 10 km | 14 km |
| 1.5 | 23.12.2010 05:24 | 10 km | 12 km |
| 1.3 | 23.10.2010 07:11 | 10 km | 21 km |
| 1.7 | 09.08.2010 21:16 | 15 km | 22 km |
| 1.4 | 28.07.2010 02:48 | 15 km | 17 km |
| 0.6 | 02.06.2010 01:14 | 0 km | 16 km |
| 0.3 | 19.03.2010 16:04 | 0 km | 20 km |
| 2.2 | 09.03.2010 00:26 | 12 km | 17 km |
| 2.7 | 02.03.2010 08:33 | 15 km | 21 km |
| 1.4 | 18.02.2010 22:28 | 10 km | 20 km |
| 1.7 | 18.02.2010 21:16 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 1.4 | 18.02.2010 15:54 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 1.8 | 18.02.2010 07:44 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 1.4 | 18.02.2010 07:10 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 1.9 | 18.02.2010 02:25 | 20 km | 20 km |
| 2.1 | 16.02.2010 15:13 | 0.2 km | 9 km |
| 1.1 | 15.02.2010 07:57 | 2 km | 22 km |
| 1.8 | 15.02.2010 06:13 | 10 km | 22 km |
| 1.5 | 12.02.2010 04:23 | 10 km | 22 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.